Fallbrook couple sentenced for smuggling immigrants

A Fallbrook couple was sentenced on November 2 to federal prison for being part of a smuggling ring that had allegedly brought more than 100 illegal immigrants from Mexico into the United States, then holding them in guesthouse at their Fallbrook home.

Maria Del Carmen Alvarez and Indalecio Alvarez-Montoya were sentenced to 37 months and 21 months in prison, respectively, after they pleaded guilty to conspiring to bring illegal aliens into the country for financial gain and filing a false income tax return.

The duo was caught with their adult children, Juan Alvarez and Patricia Marquez, and ch...